I always felt that cycling will "catch on" with the masses when they are ready to do so and demand more safe cycling (i.e. in the form of safer passage on streets plus real honest-to-God live security guards and/or enclosed bike security cages/lockers (not useless open air bike stands). It has come together in first world places like The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and soon over to New York City. This article assures me the need of average people is working quite well.